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? "$8.4 million?"

Murphy simply couldn't believe that the total investment of the film was only 60 million U.S. dollars, and the tax rebate from Australia was so high. "How did they calculate it?"

"Remember that we made a schedule of intentional expenditures for hiring Australian staff and filming at Fox Studios in Sydney?" Carafes knew that Murphy knew nothing about this, so he simply explained in the simplest way, "And the future of the crew The entire filming and consumption plan in Australia."

"Yeah." Murphy nodded, "I've seen it, a very detailed and rigorous plan."

He has actually participated in the formulation of many things in these two materials.

"The simplest calculation method," Karafes said as concisely as possible, "In Australia, for some film companies and film projects that meet the local filming policies, the tax rebate rate in Australia can reach up to 40%. Twentieth Century Fox has cooperated with the Australian government for many years and invested in the Fox Studio in Sydney, which is such a film company.”

Seeing that Murphy was about to ask another question, she hurriedly said, "I'm not talking about 40% of the total production cost of the film, but 40% of the total cost of the crew's employment in Australia and all expenses."

Murphy understood and nodded. If it was 40% of the production cost of a film, it would be too exaggerated, and the Australian government is not being taken advantage of.

"Have you got the money now?" Murphy asked again, "Is it so fast? Don't need to wait for the filming to be completed?"

"Originally, I couldn't get it. The tax rebate will not arrive until the crew finishes filming in Australia." Carafes said something surprising, "But the company and I sold this part of the tax rebate to A local telecommunications company in Sydney has received $7.5 million in cash."

Is that all right? Murphy found that he did not understand the rules of the game of the six major companies.

After working in the independent film circle for a while, he thought he had a good understanding of Hollywood, but now that he entered the mainstream commercial film circle, he realized that he was still a rookie.

On the way to Los Angeles, Murphy had done enough consultations with Karafes. Although Karafels had only recently entered the Hollywood circle, the relationship between her position and her understanding of some of the rules of the game of the six major companies understand more deeply.

In other words, if she doesn't even understand these things, how can she compete with the director Dave Scola.

The discounts that Deadpool enjoys in Australia are more based on the platform of Twentieth Century Fox. In order to attract overseas film production funds to the Australian market,

The Australian Film International Cooperation Agency and the Australian Government have promoted a "Film Production Incentive Scheme Offer", which can provide a series of tax rebates for projects they approve, and provide up to 10% of the Australian expenditure for eligible film projects. Forty consumer refunds, but these compensations must pass the Australian Content Commission's test.

During this time in Australia, Karafes was mainly busy with work in this area.

According to Karafes, tax rebates such as Deadpool are nothing among the Big Six companies. Quite a few overseas countries and some states in the United States offer preferential policies that can sometimes reach Thirty percent of the production cost of the project!

It's a very, very astonishing ratio.

However, just like Deadpool's tax allowance and the funds obtained by Karafes, if you don't want to wait for the project to finish shooting, but want to transfer this part of the funds into the production investment as part of the financing, you need some other operate.

Since 20th Century Fox does not need to pay taxes to the Australian government for this project, according to relevant regulations, this part of the tax exemption can be resold to local companies through a third-party brokerage company, and the third-party brokerage company will charge a 2% commission.

And the local company that bought this part of the tax incentives, that is, the telecommunications company, only needs to pay 90% of the tax exemption amount, and the other 10% difference becomes the tax they can deduct or exempt.

Generally speaking, this is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. Now that the Australian government has introduced this policy, it must be beneficial to local development.

Therefore, the part of the funds obtained by Karafes became the so-called tax financing.

This is also one of the many financing methods for mainstream Hollywood commercial films.

Of course, this is not the mainstream method. Each country has a limited number of film tax rebates, which is often the target of many companies. Even if they are as strong as the six major Hollywood companies and have a broad network of relationships, there are still many projects under their banners that cannot be obtained. Tax rebate benefits.

If it weren't for Karafes' fight, Deadpool would also not be able to get it, and the price she paid was that another project, Alien vs. Predator, became one of the projects that 20th Century Fox did not enjoy tax rebates.

People are always biased, especially people like Murphy and Karafis. The standard for measuring something is absolutely impossible to be fair and just, and the starting point is often the closeness of the relationship.

After arriving in Los Angeles, after a day off, Murphy devoted himself to the preparations for Deadpool.

First of all, he reviewed the actors of some unimportant roles determined by the audition hosted by Seth Rogen. The selection of actors is basically based on personal image, whether there are recommendations, and the price of the film.

Deadpool was no exception. Murphy had read the list, looked through the audition video, signed the cast list, and sent it to Karafels for final review.

All the documents he signed, as long as they did not involve large amounts of money, Karafesi would basically pass them.

Then, I talked with several main actors such as Robert Downey Jr., Jessica Alba, Dwayne Johnson and Gina Carano. The most important thing is to see them and their stunt doubles' action training results.

Like the action scenes of all Hollywood action movies, stunt doubles will be used in all difficult and dangerous action scenes. Even if the actors want to play in person, Murphy and the crew will not allow it.

If the stunt double is injured, it means losing money, and then just find another candidate. If the lead actor is injured, it will not only waste money, but also more precious time.

Although Twentieth Century Fox has not finalized the release time of the film, according to Murphy's own plan, it will not exceed next year's summer at the latest.

Since there will be a large wave of big-budget films next year that haven't announced the specific release time, 20th Century Fox is not in a hurry at the moment. In their eyes, a film like Deadpool must carefully choose a suitable schedule, otherwise it will be the same as the super big movie. If the production collides, it will inevitably be affected.

In addition, another item that Murphy needs to accept is the appearance of Deadpool.

The styling team headed by Jack Watson fully absorbed the characteristics of comics, and according to Murphy's requirements, created a set of superhero uniforms unique to Deadpool. The characteristics of this uniform are charming and enchanting, playful and cute Rewards.

After confirming the look of Deadpool, Murphy immediately arranged for the crew's cameraman to shoot promotional materials for Robert Downey Jr., and asked Karafes to contact 20th Century Fox as soon as possible, so that these would be pushed to the media as the latest film promotion, as soon as possible Appeared in print media, TV media and Internet media.

Once Deadpool's box office and word of mouth exploded, ingenious publicity and marketing played an extremely important role.

Today's social media is only widely spread by bloggers, and it will certainly not achieve the overwhelming effect in the future, but traditional media is also not as declining as in the future, and appropriate use of traditional media is also a way to make up for it.

Moreover, since 9/11, the influence of blogs on the Internet cannot be underestimated.

The working group of the crew, which is responsible for publicity, has long opened a blog for Deadpool, and Robert Downey Jr. also has a personal blog.

After Deadpool's makeup was officially fixed, the two also updated a new photo of their makeup. This photo of their makeup was also carefully controlled by the 20th Century Fox's publicity department and was reproduced by many traditional media.

"Robert Downey Jr. revealed Deadpool's makeup photo, lying on his side in front of the fireplace with enchanting and moving eyebrows, one high and one low, playful and playful!"

In the latest issue of Premiere Magazine, Robert Downey Jr.'s makeup photo for Deadpool became the cover. On it, Deadpool is lying on his side in front of the fireplace. The characteristics of cheap and cute.

"Recently, Deadpool starring Robert Downey Jr. exposed a photo of Deadpool with makeup on social media. The uniform is faithful to the original, and the 'enchanting' crouching position in front of the fireplace shows Deadpool's 'cheeky' characteristics. .

"In the photo, the red and black uniform is very in line with the original character setting, while Deadpool shows a playful look with one raised eyebrow and one lowered eyebrow, lying on his side on a bear skin, his figure is extremely charming and moving. "

"It is reported that the director of Deadpool will be Murphy Stanton. This young director will continue his usual style. The film must be a large-scale R-rated film, so that a real Deadpool can be restored as much as possible."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Twentieth Century Fox has also stepped up the promotional efforts of the film, trying to let most people know that Little Cheap is coming soon.

On the other hand, in an interview, Robert Downey Jr. himself also said that the Deadpool movie will have an intersection with the X-Men series, and he is very interested in showing Deadpool's various abilities on the big screen, especially talking and penetrating the fourth block. The ability of the wall is very much expected.

After a period of preparation, when the crew was about to go to Australia, Murphy also accepted a special interview.